Ukraine's High Council of Justice (HCJ) has described as untrue statements by Head of the Department for Special Investigations of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine Serhiy Horbatiuk regarding the delay in the consideration by the council of complaints about the actions of judges in the cases of those injured in Euromaidan protests.

"We draw the attention of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to the unacceptability of speculating in the feelings of citizens who have long been waiting for a fair and timely investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine of crimes aimed at countering peaceful protests during the Revolution of Dignity that took place in Ukraine from November 2013 to February 2014," the HCJ's media liaisons department reported on Thursday, November 23.

The High Council of Justice reported that first and foremost, it was considering disciplinary cases against judges who made decisions against Maidan activists from November 21, 2013 until the entry into force of the law of Ukraine on restoring trust in the judiciary in Ukraine.

"However, the HCJ is considering more than 12,000 complaints about the actions of judges, statements on the violation of the requirements on incompatibility by judges and prosecutors, complaints against decisions of the disciplinary commission of prosecutors," the statement reads.

At the same time, the HCJ told Interfax-Ukraine that following the work of an interim special commission, the HCJ had received 41 conclusions on the presence of signs of violation of the oath in the actions of 46 judges. The High Council of Justice made final decisions on all conclusions, and motions were submitted with regard to 29 judges regarding their dismissal in connection with the violation of the oath of the judge.

As reported, Horbatiuk said on November 21 that the High Council of Justice was delaying the consideration of complaints against the actions of judges in Maidan cases. He said that complaints had currently been sent against 12 judges.

"At least the quick consideration of complaints could have significantly improved the state of court proceedings, but this does not happen," he said.

According to Horbatiuk, the HCJ has 45 days to start the consideration of complaints, but the HCJ does not consider cases for six months, and after that, "for fictitious reasons, they return [the complaints] without any consideration, demanding additional documents."